Pastor Joel has served Community Covenant since autumn, 1999. Originally from Michigan, Joel graduated from Hope
College (BA) and The Divinity School, the University of Chicago, (MDiv) with studies at North Park Seminary, and he's close to finishing a ThM at Harvard Divnity School. Joel has a passionate
interest for the intersection of faith and culture and loves films, music and art. He loves to read. He relishes his eccumenical work, on behalf of the Evangelical Covenant denomination, with the
Massachusetts Council of Churches, and interfaith work with the clergy of Peabody. Married to Janine Post, a nurse practioner, they have five children,Micah, Evangeline, Sophia, Magdalena, and
Mattias. Joel runs regularly and plays right wing on an adult ice hockey team. Joel's call to faithful vocational life are evident in his preaching and teaching.